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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.K., on March 31, 2023, acceded to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak describing the outcome as…

Northern Ireland will in the coming month mark the 25th anniversary of peace accords which largely ended three decades of devastating sectarian conflict amid mounting political tensions and security concerns. On April 10, 1998 — Easter…

Donald Trump was indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney‘s office following an investigation related to hush money payments to a porn star who has said she had a sexual relationship with him, a law enforcement source…

By AFP WASHINGTON: The White House said Thursday it supports a global right to protest peacefully as the French continued to express outrage over President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pensions reform and police brutality. “We support the…

JERUSALEM: An Israeli court on Thursday acquitted a former floor tiler of the murder of a schoolgirl in a case that riveted the country for more than a decade, stirring cover-up and conspiracy theories and drawing…

Last Updated: March 30, 2023, 22:42 IST Five soldiers were on one helicopter and four on another, Lubas said, noting that the military is still working to notify all the families of those killed. (Representative image/News18)…

China’s Defence Minister General Li Shangfu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s newly appointed Defence Minister, General Li Shangfu, is set to make his first visit to India in April, which is also set to be…

By Online Desk TALLINN, Estonia: Alexei Moskalyov, who fled house arrest after being sentenced to two years in prison for discrediting Russia in social media posts, has been arrested. “He has been detained, yes,” lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov was…

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen waits for the start of a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels/ | Photo Credit: AP China must play a part in pressing for a “just peace”…

Last Updated: March 30, 2023, 10:05 IST Washington, United States US’ candidate to head the World Bank, Ajay Banga, speaks during an interview in Nairobi on March 8, 2023. (AFP) World Bank, however, rules allow member…

DUBAI: United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has appointed his eldest son Sheikh Khaled as crown prince of Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich capital of the Gulf state, and named his brothers to…

Police stand guard outside a Mexican immigration detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on March 28, 2023, where a fire in a dormitory left more than three dozen migrants dead. | Photo Credit: AP Mexico’s President…

Last Updated: March 30, 2023, 01:17 IST Suu Kyi, 77, is serving prison sentences totalling 33 years after being convicted in a series of prosecutions brought by the country’s military. (Image: News18 File Photo) Myanmar’s junta-stacked…

By AFP The chief of the UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday he was working on a security plan for the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and warned of increased military activity around it. During a rare visit…

BERLIN: King Charles III arrived in Berlin on Wednesday for his first foreign trip as Britain‘s monarch, hoping to improve the UK’s relations with the European Union and show he can win hearts and minds abroad,…

Minister of State (Minister for Immigration) Robert Jenrick walks on Downing Street in London, Britain | Photo Credit: Reuters Britain’s government will set up basic accommodation at military bases for migrants who cross the English Channel…

ISLAMABAD: A court in Pakistan on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister Imran Khan in a case related to alleged threats made to a woman judge.Islamabad-based judicial magistrate Malik Aman presiding over the…

By Associated Press WASHINGTON: The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday to repeal the 2002 measure that greenlighted the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, which would end more than 20 years of authorization for U.S. presidents to…